ANGELICA the BOBCAT

Angelica the BOBCAT was rescued by Big Cat Rescue after her owner was in foreclosure and unable to keep her any longer. NO wild cat species will ever make a suitable "pet" ... ignorant or uneducated people often find this out the hard way and the cats are always the ones that suffer!

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[divita711]

I want to volunteer at sanctuaries, learn to properly care for the animals, and maybe have my own sanctuary one day. But I must say.. yes, I agree. exotic cat ownership is not for everyone, and a lot of people care for animals improperly. But some owners treat their cats very well. The problem isn't that ownership of exotic cats should be banned. The problem is that the existing laws which police animal care aren't adequately enforced.

[BigCatRescue]

@divita711 I'm sure if you volunteered at Big Cat Rescue you would understand that no matter how well you care for them or how well you think you know them they will still be unpredictable, dangerous and very much wild. There would be no need for sanctuaries like BCR if the ownership of these wild animals was banned, there would also not be any future escapes, attacks and killings made by these wild animals owned privately. Anybody who owns a wild cat is fueling the problem...

[FireGuyX]

BigCatRescue when someone "owns" an exotic animal, it's called property rights. If I buy a pet bird, it's mine, no different if I own a bobcat, it's none of your business. Please look up property rights and you will see that you guy's are no different than our tyrannical government.

[BigCatRescue]

@FireGuyX Yes, we understand what property rights are thank you. It unfortunately has become our "business" because we have received hundreds if not thousands of calls in the past 19 years from people needing a home for their "pets" they no longer want.

[BigCatRescue]

@l0oAzizo0l It's not possible to release any of our cats back into the wild they have been human imprinted, they associate us with food, they don't know how to hunt, and genetically they are not pure specimens that would be introduced back into the wild (this very rarely happens)

[BigCatRescue]

@H8ISGR8 Owning a bobcat for 14 years doesn't prove anything about them making good "pets"

[hotkeepr7]

@FireGuyX

agreed.

i can see if you dident care for it proper. but what if i was a millionare and had a better place for it to live and play in than the animal rescue. but id get it taken away.? lol thats insane.

[divita711]

It's like saying that just because guns are used in murder, or just because an animal bit someone, guns and animals should be banned in the whole country. . Most exotic owners I've met do provide proper care.. and the ones who don't, want to. They're not Satan. Likewise, bad owners also exist and sanctuaries are needed! Unquestionably. But wouldn't it be better to work with the situation than to demonize and terrorize private owners?

[divita711]

If zoos and sanctuaries truly cared about the health of the species, they would work with private owners to properly educate them, and breed with privately owned cats to ensure the genetic health of their animals.. these animals have been from captive-bred stocks for generations. It's misleading to call them wild and to say that just because some don't care for them properly, no one should own any.

[FireGuyX]

@BigCatRescue And if government wasn't punishing people you would still receive these calls =)

[FireGuyX]

Apparently BigCatRescue has never heard of property rights. If someone wants to own a bobcat or any other Lynx, that's their responsibility. Why should the government deny anyone from owning anything? I think there is nothing wrong with owning an exotic animal such as a bobcat, at least have the state issue a license to own one, but no need to tax someone just for owning an exotic animal, that's just stupid.